by Jason | Dec 19, 2017 | ISIS
On 12 December, DMSC members arrested some alleged ISIS members in Derna including Mahmoud Mohammed al-Souainay. Souainay was born in 1990 and is a resident of the ‘400 residence area’. He joined ISIS in late 2014 but remained at home after ISIS was evicted from the...
by Jason | Dec 19, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council (DMSC), the jihadi organization that controls the besieged city of Derna, stepped up its anti-ISIS operations throughout last week, arresting former ISIS members who had previously been detained or absorbed by the DMSC, and clashing...
by Jason | Dec 19, 2017 | International actors
On 17 December, a new joint statement was issued by the regional troika, Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria, reaffirming their full backing to the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and its associated security and political initiatives, especially the military unification...
by Jason | Dec 19, 2017 | Libyan actors
The 17 December ‘expiry’ date was marked by an official television announcement from Libyan National Army (LNA) general commander Khalifa Haftar declaring the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and its institutions expired. He also lambasted foreign ‘threats’ against...
by Jason | Dec 12, 2017 | ISIS
The anti-crime department of Misrata published a video ‘confession’ of an ISIS member named ‘Hisham al-Oakley’, who revealed details of the beheading of 20 Egyptian Coptic Christians and an African in 2015. Al-Oakely gave a detailed description...
